12/9/2009 – Today will see the first game of the final Gelfand-Ponomariov at the World
Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk. Opportunity for us to look back on an exciting moment
from the endgame Karjakin-Mamedyarov. The latter has just played 49...Rb2?
(diagram), thus giving his young opponent the unexpected chance to decide the
game by mating threats. Which surprising move helped the 19-year-old Ukraine
to secure victory now? Use this
larger
diagram to work it out for yourself. Grandmaster Karsten Müller has analysed
the endgame
Karjakin-Mamedyarov
for
ChessBase Magazine Online.
